Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines - Shelter and Livelihoods - World Renew 2014

March 2014 - On November 8 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) made landfall in the Philippines a densely populated country of 92 million people. The category five typhoon killed over 6 000 Filipinos caused 4 million people to be displaced from their homes and caused severe damage to infrastructure including homes roads schools and health centres. Although many people have already received life-saving humanitarian assistance significant humanitarian needs remain including early recovery activities that contribute to building communities that are more resilient. With DFATD’s support World Renew is helping up to 21 860 people affected by Typhoon Haiyan on Panay Island and in Leyte and Samar provinces by providing shelter and livelihoods assistance and psycho-social support. Project activities include: (1) providing supplies to repair boats and fishing gear to 508 fishing households to help them resume their activities; (2) providing shelter supplies to 1 915 households to help repair houses and build shelters; and (3) providing training to key community players on stress debriefing benefitting 4 372 families with psycho-social support and programs.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to livelihoods to allow people to meet their basic needs; (2) increased access to shelter for typhoon-affected people; and (3) improved access to psychosocial support services for typhoon-affected people. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.